When Berne Mayor Bill McKean held the keys in his hand to what had been Maynard Rich’s barbershop on Jan. 1, 1971, he couldn’t believe that his predecessor had cut hair in the two-story building on East Main Street for over 20 years. Little did he realize that he would more than double that run, completing over 44 years as one of the community’s premier barbers.
For the past several months, McKean said he had been considering retiring from his barbering business to devote more time to his family, his own health efforts and his commitment as Berne’s Mayor. However, when he collapsed into cardiac arrest and was rushed to a Fort Wayne hospital earlier this summer, he quickly sensed that his barbering timeline was speeding up.
“The kids had been telling me that I was working too hard, harder than ever and that it was time that I slow down some,” said McKean. “When I collapsed and was in such critical condition, it changed everything. I begin to think that they were right and...
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